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Mark H.C1Kwiziq community member

Is it possible to say "La souris était mangée par le chat. -- The mouse was eaten by the cat."? How is this sentence different from "La souris a été mangée par le chat. -- The mouse was eaten by the cat.", please? Thank you. This is something I get stuck on a lot.

Asked 6 years ago

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Starting sentences with "Depuis"

Apologies if this is in wrong section.

I am fairly certain that I can use: Depuis mon amie Paul vit en ma maison en Glasgow, je reste à Lyon avec ses parents.

Can I reverse the order of the clauses. Depuis je reste à Lyon avec ses parents, mon ami vit en mon appartement en Glasgow.

Asked 6 years ago

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Clare B.C1Kwiziq community member

Lack of pas in written languageI have quite often noticed that pas or other negative word is missing in written French, in newspapers and in books. I don't have an example at hand, though. Why is this and when can it happen?

Asked 6 years ago

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Marnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quiz Test for faire de long vs faire de longeurmy answer "fait 6 mètres de longeur" was also marked as incorrect. As longeur is "less commonly used" but not "wrong" should not this answer have been marked correct but with another green tick showing "de long" also correct?

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D. A.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Could you ps explain what is wrong in'Ouvre-t-on les cadeaux quand ?'

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Rod B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quitter vs PartirWe were asked to translate “I am leaving my place”. But it is ambiguous in English. E.g. if followed by “for ever” (as in moving out of my apartment), that would be “quitter”. But followed by “so i will see you at the cafe soon” would be “partir”. Shouldn’t the phrase be clarified to avoid ambiguity?

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H. T.A1Kwiziq community member

Question on this sentence, " J'ai visité Paris. "

Is this an exception case that we omit the "à", do you have other similar example?

Thank you.

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Bill A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Construction correct?

Bonjour!

Is the below sentence correct in terms of usage of que/qui vs ce que/ce qui?

Je m’assieds dans une chaise sur le balcon qu'est attaché à mon appartement.

For some reason the "qu'est" doesn't look right to me but i dont know why. If any other errors, appreciate the correction on those as well.

Merci d'avance!

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M. M.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

On its own?"You can also use pas du tout on its own, in non-verbal sentences:"
Does this mean it isn't acceptable to use it on its own when speaking?

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D B.A2Kwiziq community member

Je confonds. "She likes this book. HINT: Use ''plaire''

Je confonds. Pourquoi "Ce livre plait a elle" ne vas pas mais "ce livre lui plait" correct?

Merci

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